On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 12:35:57AM +0200, Guido Falsi wrote: > On 02/04/21 23:16, The Doctor via freebsd-ports wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 04:45:00PM +0200, Guido Falsi via freebsd-ports > > wrote: > >> On 02/04/21 15:44, The Doctor via freebsd-ports wrote: > >>> On Fri, Apr 02, 2021 at 08:55:00AM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > >>>> Hi! > >>>> > >>>>> As a minor aside, has anyone stated the reason why the user-base of base > >>>>> or ports are moving to git? > >>>> > >>>> Yes: > >>>> > >>>> https://github.com/bsdimp/freebsd-git-docs/blob/main/git-why.md > >>>> > >>> > >>> Then the question is : Moving forward, how do we update > >>> the ports? > >>> > >> > >> The same questions keep being asked even if replied to multiple times. > >> > >> you can use git with the official git repo (once it will be available, > >> migration is still in progress), or reference a mirror on github or > >> gitlab. Some documentation about how to do this is available at [1]. > >> > >> If I understand correctly documentation will also be added to the > >> handbook once migration is done. > >> > >> Git is a little complicated but a lot of documentation is available on > >> the internet. search engines are you friends. > >> > >> If you only want to keep /usr/ports updated the easiest tool to achieve > >> that is gitup available in ports at net/gitup. > >> > >> I reiterate, migration is still in progress, the latest available > >> snapshot of the ports tree (at present read only) is via subversion. > >> once migration is done the official git repo and mirrors will be available. > >> > >> There isn't much more to be sail until the migration is done. > >> > > > > Git is ready, > > > > but I use pkg/portsnap . > > > > How does that affect us? > > AFAIK you can't use it anymore. Use gitup. It's almost a drop-in > replacement. >
How do we use gitup in this scenario? > -- > Guido Falsi <m...@madpilot.net> -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Yahweh, Queen & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism https://www.empire.kred/ROOTNK?t=94a1f39b If they can dehumanize the most innocent, they can dehumanize anyone. -unknown _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
